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Ole Miss Takes Final Road Trip To Arkansas
2/26/2016 | Women's Basketball
Game Notes - at Arkansas - Game 29
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The Rebels close out the regular season with a Sunday afternoon contest in Fayetteville, Arkansas against the Razorbacks. The game will air on SEC Network with Brenda VanLengen and Candace Parker on the call. Live audio will be available on OleMissSports.com and 105.1 FM and 105.5 FM locally with Graham Doty and Armintie Herrington.
Game 29: Ole Miss (10-18, 2-13 SEC) at Arkansas (11-17, 6-9 SEC)
Date: February 25, 2016
Time: 3 PM CT
Location: Fayetteville, Ark. (Bud Walton Arena)
Television: SEC Network
Live Audio: OleMissSports.com
Livestats: Live Scoring
Live Video: SECN+
Starting Five
1. Ole Miss dropped a 66-45 contest to No. 3/2 South Carolina in its final home game of the 2015-16 slate. Madinah Muhammad led all-scorers with 20 points - her second 20-point outing of the season. Shandricka Sessom was also in double figures for the 23rd time this season with 13 points while Bretta Hart added eight rebounds.
2. For the second consecutive game, Madinah Muhammad led the Rebels in scoring with 20 points against the Gamecocks. Muhammad has posted 10 games in double figures during her freshman season and has led Ole Miss in scoring four times. She is Ole Miss' top scoring freshman with 7.4 ppg, which jumps to 8.0 ppg vs. SEC foes.
3. Bretta Hart started her fourth straight game against South Carolina. Hart is averaging 4.4 points per game and a team-best 5.6 rebounds per game. Hart has started seven games this season and is averaging 3.7 ppg in starts and 7.4 rebounds in games stated. Hart's grabbed 5 or more rebounds on 15 instances.
4. Ole Miss is arguably the youngest team in the SEC this season. Ole Miss has 11 players on the roster and eight of those players are freshmen or sophomores. The Rebels are the lone team in the SEC without a senior and Ole Miss has only two players who have been in the program for more than two years in Shequila Joseph and Bretta Hart.
5. Ole Miss and Arkansas are meeting for the first time this season with Ole Miss leading the all-time series, 25-15, despite Arkansas winning the last meeting 72-61 in the 2015 SEC Tournament in Little Rock. Arkansas leads the series 10-5 in games played in Fayetteville.
Ole Miss vs. Arkansas Notables
-Ole Miss leads the all-time series, 25-15, but Arkansas won the last meeting, 72-61 in the 2015 SEC Tournament in Little Rock. Arkansas has won the last two meetings in Fayetteville and has a 7-3 record over the last 10 meetings. Ole Miss is looking for first win at Arkansas since at 69-63 win in 2011.
-Ole Miss doesn't have any players from Arkansas on the roster but former Ole Miss sharpshooter, Gracie Frizzell, a Little Rock native, is currently enrolled in Physical Therapy school at Arkansas.
-Ole Miss assistant coach Todd Schaefer also has ties to Arkansas having served on staff at Arkansas State before coming to Ole Miss in 2013. Additionally, Schaefer served as an assistant and head coach at Arkansas Tech from 2004-07.
A Win Would
-Snap Ole Miss' current nine-game skid and give the Rebels their first road SEC win this season. Ole Miss would also move to 26-15 in the all-time series with the Razorbacks.
-Move the Rebels five wins way from the 800th victory in program history. Ole Miss' current record is 794-491. The earliest Ole Miss could hit the 800th win would be the semifinal round of the SEC Tournament. Ole Miss would become the sixth SEC program to record 800 wins.
Rebels By The Numbers
3- Number of ranked opponents Ole Miss has defeated under the direction of Matt Insell and staff. The win over the No. 9 ranked Wildcats on Jan. 21 was the highest ranked opponent Ole Miss has defeated in the last six years.
10-Number of times freshman Madinah Muhammad has reached double figures in 2015-16. Her 10 games in double figures are the most for an Ole Miss freshman and feature a pair of 20-point outings against Texas A&M and South Carolina. She is averaging 8.0 ppg against SEC foes.
12-Number of points the Rebels came back from in their SEC opening win over Vanderbilt. Ole Miss trailed by 12 with 7:03 left in the fourth quarter and closed the game on a 20-5 run to record their first come-from-behind win of the season and second of the Matt Insell era.
26- Number of points Shandricka Sessom scored against South Carolina. Sessom's 26 points are the most an individual has scored against the Gamecocks all year and she is one of just eight players to hit the 20- point mark against South Carolina all season.
73 - Number of points Erika Sisk is away from 1,000 career points. Sisk has scored 532 points in an Ole Miss uniform to go with 395 from her freshman season at Murray State.
Scouting Arkansas
Arkansas enters Sunday's game with an 11-17 record after falling to Georgia, 72-57, on Thursday. The loss to the Bulldogs was the second straight for Arkansas and the third loss in their last five. The Razorbacks are tough at home sporting a 10-4 record. Jessica Jackson is the lone player in double figures averaging 16.6 points per game while Devin Cosper is nearing double digits with 8.6 points per game. Melissa Wolff leads the way on the glass with 7.3 rebounds per game with Alecia Cooley pulling down 5.0 rebounds per game. As a team, Arkansas is scoring 60.5 points per game and grabbing 39.2 rebounds per game.
About Ole Miss
Sophomore Shandricka Sessom continues to lead the Ole Miss offense with 15.5 points per game and has reached double figures in 23 of 28 games this season. Her 15.5 points currently ranks No. 6 in the SEC. Erika Sisk is approaching double figures with 8.2 points per game. In SEC action, Sessom is leading the team with 12.9 points per game. Madinah Muhammad has stepped her game up in SEC play with 8.0 points per game while A'Queen Hayes leads the rebounding efforts with 5.9 rebounds per game against SEC competition. As a team, Ole Miss is averaging 65.5 points per game and grabbing 39.0 rebounds per game and each player on the roster is contributing at least 2.2 points per game.
Up Next
Ole Miss will head to the SEC Tournament in Jacksonville. The Rebels will be the No. 14 seed and will face the No. 11 seed on Wednesday at approximately 1:30 pm . The game will air live on SEC Network. Fans will also be able to hear Graham Doty and Armintie Herrington locally on 105.1 and 105.5 locally and on OleMissSports.com.
